QGOV Security Software Engineer
$134,800 - $202,200 USD yearly
Originally posted 7 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a QGOV Software Engineer with a focus on software security, you will research, design, and implement solutions across a variety of focus areas and technologies relevant to government partners.
What you'll do
- Perform end-to-end software vulnerability research against software stacks to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities. - Design and implement software tools to assist vulnerability research. - Design and implement embedded software solutions to meet customer requirements. - Assist in performing code reviews, regression tests, and triaging issues to ensure code quality. - Write technical documentation to describe software vulnerabilities and mitigations.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience (or Master's degree with 3+ years, or PhD with 2+ years). - 2+ years of work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python. - Ability to meet the 5-day on-site work requirement.
Nice to have
- Active TOP SECRET clearance. - 3 years of work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python, and 3 years of embedded software engineering experience. - Strong understanding of calling conventions, registers usage, and memory management across x86 and ARM architectures. - Advanced knowledge of Linux operating system fundamentals and experience using standard Linux tools like gdb, strace, ltrace, objdump, and readelf. - Experience with Trace32/JTAG tools and Android platform tools, including Android Debug Bridge (ADB). - Experience in software-based reverse engineering, proficiency with IDA Pro or Ghidra, and experience using Large Language Models (LLMs) to augment reverse engineering and vulnerability discovery workflows.
Skills: software vulnerability research, embedded software, reverse engineering, x86, ARM architectures, Linux
This role has been open 105 days — well above the 59-day median for Hardware Security Engineering roles.
Hardware Security Engineering · Hardware Security
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Open roles in category
182
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Median days open
59 d
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Median salary
$224k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (182 roles · 43 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 17 | 182 |
| Median days open | 126 d | 59 d (+67 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $224k |
Skills observed across this category: software vulnerability research, embedded software, reverse engineering, x86, ARM architectures, Linux
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 29 open roles · median 35 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 23 open roles · median 90 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 17 open roles · median 125 d
- Arm Holdings · 13 open roles · median 105 d
- STMicroelectronics · 12 open roles · median 16 d
- AMD · 8 open roles · median 61 d
How we counted: 182 open Hardware Security Engineering (Hardware Security) roles from 43 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.